Questions on translations

Nikos Charonitakis nikosx at gmail.com
Thu Apr 20 09:59:16 EDT 2006


comments in the po file that mark an entire section are very helpful
when a translator assign a localized key. Anyway, gtk treats well
conflicts in access keys: you just have to press two times the key to
go to the next selection that uses the same key.

Nikos

2006/4/19, Chris Shoemaker <c.shoemaker at cox.net>:
> > > 2) I see a lot of terms with an underscore left to a letter; apparently this
> > > is to underline letters in menus for shortcuts using the Alt-button. How to
> > > deal with these underscores when the dutch translation doesn't contain the
> > > letter that is underlined in Enlish ?
> >
> > The english string specifies both the text and its shortcut letter. The
> > translation can therefore also specify both the translated text and the
> > shortcut letter appropriate for the translated text. The translation can
> > choose any letter you consider appropriate; you are not restricted to
> > the original letter.
> >
>
> So, how are translators supposed to ensure that the shortcut is unique
> within its accessible context?  Or is that your job?  :)
>
> -chris
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